Missiology has always been inspired by soteriology, that is, Christian views of salvation. However, little is known about the actual soteriological beliefs of missionary practitioners. This article is an explorative qualitative study of soteriological beliefs among Dutch Protestant ministers who work in pioneer settings (N=20) and established churches (N=40). Our research shows that, contrary to what might be expected, these two groups (termed ‘pioneers’ and ‘pastors’) are very much alike with regard to their soteriological beliefs.

In maart 2022 verscheen het SCP-rapport Buiten kerk en moskee, het derde deel in de reeks ‘religie in een pluriforme samenleving’. Het rapport had een ontnuchterende boodschap. Anders dan door sommigen langgehoopt, blijkt de religieuze opleving uit het begin van deze eeuw niet te beklijven. Om zicht te krijgen op de implicaties van dit SCP-rapport heeft het lectoraat Bezieling & Professionaliteit op 21 september 2022 een ‘reflectiekamer’ georganiseerd.

In Open Dialogue, sharing of reflections by professionals constitutes an important contribution to promoting a polyphonic dialogue between participants. In the inner dialogue, past and future influence the present moment. In this study, we explore the influence of sharing or withholding reflections by professionals on the interplay between inner and outer dialogue. A case study was used with a multi-perspective methodology, which combined video recordings of a network meeting and interviews by using video-stimulated recall with the clients separately, and social workers together afterward.

Het masterplan Basisvaardigheden schiet tekort voor de uitdagingen van vandaag en morgen. Geld en een sterk geloof in maakbaarheid zijn onvoldoende. De uitdagingen van de toekomst zijn van heel andere aard. We hebben een masterplan ‘Existentiële vaardigheden’ nodig dat kinderen en jongeren leert omgaan met de weerbarstigheid van het bestaan, zo schrijven lector Robert van Putten van de Christelijke Hogeschool Ede en rector Willem de Vos van het Christelijk Lyceum Veenendaal in deze opinie.

In a micro-analysis of two cases from the Netherlands, Instant Messaging conversations between birth parents and professional foster parents were studied. The study reveals there are three types of activity in Instant Messaging: aligning dialogues, exhchange of information, and relationship building. Aligning dialogues are the most common. These are aimed at coordinating (daily) matters around the youngster’s situation. Following aligning initiations, the conversations may change into the two other activity types: (background) exchange of information and relationship building.

Intergroup contexts of classrooms have an influence on mainstream and ethnic belonging of youth of immigrant descent. Based on the normative reference group theory, a higher level of ethic identification is expected in classrooms with a higher proportion of co-ethnic youth and, based on constrict theory, a lower level of mainstream identification is expected in ethnically more diverse classrooms. However, these relations between ethnic composition and cultural belonging may differ between countries due to differences in multicultural policies and colonial histories.